| Flavio Ortega | |
| Fullname: | Flávio Ortega |
| Birth Date: | 1944 |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Death Date: | 6 February 2007 (aged 62)[1] |
| Death Place: | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| Position: | Forward |
| Clubs1: | Fluminense |
| Years2: | 1968 |
| Clubs2: | CD Luis Ángel Firpo |
| Years3: | 1968–1971 |
| Clubs3: | Marathón |
| Caps3: | 67 |
| Goals3: | 30 |
| Years4: | 1971–1972 |
| Clubs4: | Atlético Español Verdún |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Years5: | 1973–1974 |
| Clubs5: | Real España |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Manageryears1: | 1988–1990 |
| Managerclubs1: | Real España |
| Manageryears2: | 1991 |
| Managerclubs2: | Honduras |
| Manageryears3: | 1994 |
| Managerclubs3: | Cartaginés |
| Manageryears4: | 1995 |
| Managerclubs4: | Olimpia |
| Manageryears5: | 2000 |
| Managerclubs5: | Universidad |
| Manageryears6: | 2001–2002 |
| Managerclubs6: | Zacapa |
| Manageryears7: | 2002–2003 |
| Managerclubs7: | Marathón |
| Manageryears8: | 2004 |
| Managerclubs8: | Motagua |
| Manageryears9: | 2005 |
| Managerclubs9: | Platense |
| Manageryears10: | 2006 |
| Managerclubs10: | Olimpia |
Flávio Ortega (1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian football player and manager, who spent most of his career in Central America, mainly in Honduras.
Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved abroad to play in El Salvador. He came to Honduras in 1968.[2] He played for Real España and Marathón of San Pedro Sula, rising to become an important player for both clubs.
Ortega was the Honduran league's leading goal-scorer with 18 goals for Marathón in the 1969–70 season.[3] He scored 45 goals in the Honduran league in 110 matches.[4]
After he retired from playing, Ortega managed the Honduras national football team at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals, leading Honduras to a second-place finish.[5] He won the 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with Costa Rican side Cartaginés.
| Team | Season | Games | Goal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Deportivo Marathón | 1968-69 | 21 | 7 | |
| Club Deportivo Marathón | 1969-70 | 26 | 18 | |
| Atlético Español | 1970-71 | 22 | 10 | |
| Club Deportivo Marathón | 1971-72 | 20 | 5 | |
| Real España | 1973-74 | 21 | 5 | |
| TOTAL | 1968-1974 | 110 | 45 |
Ortega's mother's name is Maria Candida Sanches, he had a brother named Esteban Ortega Filho and a sister named Rosa Maria Ortega Santos. He was married to Honduran Ligia Hernández de Ortega and the couple had four children: Claudia, Flavio, and twins Liliane and Lilian. He became a Honduran citizen in 1992. In 2005, when with Platense, he suffered multiple injuries sustained in a car accident.
Ortega died of a respiratory disorder, which added to kidney failure both results from a brain haemorrhage, in 2007 in San Pedro Sula.[6]
(1): 1969–70